Journal article
Trajectories of motor recovery in the first year after pediatric arterial ischemic stroke
AN Cooper, V Anderson, S Hearps, M Greenham, M Ditchfield, L Coleman, RW Hunt, MT MacKay, P Monagle, AL Gordon
Pediatrics | AMER ACAD PEDIATRICS | Published : 2017
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Neuromotor impairments are common after pediatric stroke, but little is known about functional motor outcomes. We evaluated motor function and how it changed over the first 12 months after diagnosis. We also examined differences in outcome according to age at diagnosis and whether fine motor (FM) or gross motor (GM) function at 12 months was associated with adaptive behavior. METHODS: This prospective, longitudinal study recruited children (N = 64) from The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne who were diagnosed with acute arterial ischemic stroke (AIS) between December 2007 and November 2013. Motor assessments were completed at 3 time points after the diagnosis of AIS (1, 6, and..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Dr Cooper was supported by a Murdoch Childrens Research Institute graduate research scholarship, and Dr Anderson was supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council senior practitioner fellowship. This study was also supported by the Victorian government's operational initiative scheme.